Improvement in card-racks



j aan ein this specification, in which` i LEVERETT H. oLMsTED, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.`

- vLette-rs Paten-t N 100,656, cla-ted March 8, '1870'.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARD-RACKS.

V The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and niaking part of the same To alt at'lwm- 'it 'ning/ concern `Be t known that I,Lnvnn1-rrr H. Omxsral), of' Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York,have invented `a. new and useful Card-Holder for Business `Cards and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same,l reference being had to` the accom panyiugdrawings making a part of Figure 2 shows a` modifica-thm ot' the spiral spring which isused tohold' the cards.`

To enable others skilled inV the artto make and usel my invention, Ivwill proceed to describe 'itsconstruc- -tion and operation. l f

I constructv my card-holder by using a spiralspring made of wire, which is wound close, so that the spirals 'hear suiicicntly hard againstcaCli`-`other to hold cards,

when placed between thorn. I then attach the spiral springto a thin piece ot' wood or metal, or to a frame made inlany fon'n convenient for use.

I' use the form oi' frame shown in `the-drawing, he-

causeI can attach more springs" to it thanI-can to a Y to expandlengthwise as the cards are placed between the spirals. a

There are several methods by `which the spiral spring mayfbe attached to the frame, two of which are shown l in the accompanying drawings, 'one of which is topassY a small rod't-hrough the vinterior ofthe spiralspring,

and ot' sufficient length to allow thev spiral spring to expand as cards areA placed between the spirals, as shown at C, iig. 1. Each end ofthe rod is then made fast to the frame, leaving suicient space between the rod and frame to allow the spiral springto move freely.

In the other method shown the saine rod is used, and hooks formed on the spiral spring, as shown at d Ill, tig. 2, which allow the rod to pass through them and outside of the spiral spring.

` The rod can be dispensed with altogether by straigbt- `coing each end of the spiral spring, and using the part so straightened to support they spiral spring and to attach it to the frame. Staples driven into the frame for the straightened part of the spring to move in wi-li be sutlicient.

One end of the spiral spring may be made `fast to the frame without interfering with its operation. But whatever method is used to attach the spiral spring to the frame, they must be constructed to operate so `that the spiral spring can expand lengthwise asfthe cards are placed between 'thespirals In using this card-l1older, place one cardA between each spiral, and then each card can be removed separately', without disturbing the others, and any par? tic-ular card can be readily found or referred to.

I That I claimV as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

` A card-rack, consisting of a closelycoiled spring or springs of wire, support-ed in such a manner as to be capable of extension, substantially as described for the piu'p'ose specified.

v L. H. OLll/[S'IEll` Witnesses: T. OLMsTEn,

P. HYATT. 

